Has Avid Lost Their Mind?
By Jim Bask
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Storage solution insight from an Avid Specialist Manager.

Editors have used mezzanine codecs to save on storage and network requirements. The two favorite codecs have been Apple ProRes and Avid DNxHD and more recently DNxHR.

Recently Avid participated in two events that underscore today’s media-anywhere environment and the importance of the cloud in that journey.
2 NEW AVID PROMOTIONS!

We’d like to tempt you with an incredible offer—renew your Media Composer Upgrade & Support Plan before December 31st for just 299 USD, and get the option to buy Symphony for an additional 99 USD.
Media Composer 8.9 was released on Thursday, August 3rd at 3:00 PM EDT. This update was made available from Avid Master Accounts, Application Manager, and the Avid Download Center (login and password required). Media Composer | First 8.9 was also released at the same time, and is available from Avid Master Accounts and Application Manager.

Fellow editors! The Avid team has prepared a brand new version of Media Composer. This new update (8.9) is packed with great new features that accelerate storytelling with the tools embraced by top movie, television, and broadcast editors. Here’s a detailed overview of what’s new in Media Composer — now available!

ScriptSync is an Avid product that lives inside Media Composer. It assists filmmakers and video editors with a workflow we’ve been waiting 100 years for – the ability to quickly sync video and audio clips directly to the lines and lines of words on our scripts and transcripts.